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My fellow TTOL'ers, I come to you tonight with a heavy heart.
I must report to you that on Friday, January 23, 2004 our dear friend Davide Pugliese will
be passing over the hill. As in, can you say "FIFTY"?
That's right, the BIG FIVE-OH!!!
Cele: You have my deepest sympathy.
Davide: Buon compleanno e tanti auguri, il mio caro amico!!!
Let the abuse begin!
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Ah, Eric passed that mark less than 2 weeks ago!!! Perhaps he can
commiserate with Davide soon??????????
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Bring back the magic, don't make life so tragic... Thanks, Jimmy B!!
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Just remember, fifty is nifty!! Guess that dates me, but having spent
#53 in paradise last year, know Davide will have a wonderful 50th!! Hope to see you in
March.
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Happy Birthday Davide! Have a great day. See you next week. I hope
we'll have time to have a cocktail together during our stay.
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Best wishes for a wonderful Birthday Davide!
Perhaps you will be taking the night off and letting someone else cater to your every whim
for a change??
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Tanti auguri di buon compleanno da Massimiliano e Sonia. Speriamo di
rivederci presto al Brandywine, desideriamo apprezzare ancora la tua fantastica cucina.
Ciao!
The best wishes of an happy birthday from Massimiliano and Sonia. We hope to see you soon
at Brandywine, we wish to appreciate again your fantastic cooking. Ciao!
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Happiest 50th to you Davide -- take the day off and
enjoy yourself, afterall you'll only be 50 once!
Many to you! JD
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Congrats Davide! I vaguely remember 50.. long time ago.
But.. you're now officially MIDDLE AGED.. have fun!
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Happy 50th Birthday Davide
Looking forward to finally meeting you when we
get down there in May.
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Happy birthday Davide.
Have an Aquavit on me.
See you in December.
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Davide,
I am shocked! You do not look a day over 49!
I say drink as many free Grappas as you can pry away from the owner and sail away for the
day!
Congrats on making it this far because it just keeps getting better!
Jane
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Happy Birthday Davide!!!!!!!! Hope you have a wonderful day.
Susan
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TANTISSIMI AUGURONI ANCHE DA PARTE NOSTRA DAVIDE!!!
Un grossissimo abbraccio a te e a Cele!!
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Good Morning Davide,
Happy 50th. Ill toast you with a glass of grappa tonight when I get home.
Im afraid Im dragging my 50th a few years behind me, although not as far
astern as Captain Whitebeards. 50 really aint so bad. And
you are pretty lucky. I only got to spend a week or so in the islands to celebrate mine
you get to spend most of the year. All my best whishes my friend,
Stephen
P.S. Thanks Walker for the heads up!
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Davide,
You're 50?! Have a wild birthday, induldge in shameless and outrageous behavior.
Don't worry, by tomorrow you probably won't remember what you did anyway. I hear that happens when
you get old.
By the way...you make 50 look good!
Best wishes,
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Happy Birthday to a very sexy 50 year old - hope to see you soon
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Davide having reached the age of 50 is now legally a "Dirty Old
Man."
The new signature cocktail at Brandywine is the "Life Preserver" and is:
2oz. Bartolito Rum
3oz. Prune Juice
splash of Geritol.
Combine the ingredients in a shaker (remeber to fill with ice), chill, stir, strain into a
martini glass and serve garnished with viagra.
Best to you Davide.
Stinky
PS: If Cele is looking to trade you in for a younger guy, I still have nearly a decade
left before I hit 50.
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Stinky,
If Davide lets you live. You may need a food tester for your next meal at BW.
Jane
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Davide..happy birthday ..wish I could be there with Ed , Barb and the
gang..thanks for the invite..I'll be raising one to you at 30,000- feet tonight as I fly
north..many..many more malcolm
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............Davide..........HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
How are the aches and pains now you reached the big 50 !!! .......
Am bringing in my poly filla and duct tape ........helps
me, how could I survive 50 without it ......Have a
great day Davide and psssssst can I have the duct tape back when your finished with it ( only joking) yikes your going to get even with me
........ ........Have a great day see you soon
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Davide may be fifty, but he makes me feel like a 100 after a couple of
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Happy
Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Every birthday is worth celebrating, but 50
Is extra special.
I hope you have wonderful evening and night and many next years'!!
As I write this I realize that you are celebrating in a (hopefully) beautifull evening
with a lot of your friends around.
NOW I'M GETTING MAJOR DIF!!!! must be time for a
glass of Grappa!! Ahhhhhhhhh feeling better
already.
Wish we were there - but we'll just have to celebrate it all over again with you when we
are!
Many Happy Returns................and to all your family too (a very weird Dutch
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Davide - 50 is just the start of then greatest time of your life
(enough sense to know what you shouldn't be doing and enough wisdom to say "too
bad"). Hoping you've had a most wonderful day and I lifted at least a few glasses to
you tonight!
Hope to see you and Cele in May!!
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Happy Birthday Davide! I feel like I know you from all of Walker's
posts! And you just happen to share a birth day with two of my best friends here in
California! :) I hope to meet you some day at your restaurant on Tortola! I raise my glass
to you on this fine evening! CHEERS!
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Oh yeah - age only matters if you are a piece of cheese or a bottle o'
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Since Davide makes his own mozzarella cheese and has one of the best
wine cellars on the island, I think he will fit right in!
Happy Birthday, Davide and all the best from new friends!
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Moderators
Are you guys falling asleep at the wheel? Doesn't this thread belong in BVI People Talk?
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This thread is absolutely, positively travel related.
Why? I am making this post from Davide's office. Nancy and I traveled all day yesterday to
be here for a mega-surprise birthday party last night. I could not post anything earlier
about the trip because I could not let Davide have even a hint about it.
OK, now that I have "legalized" the post by including some travel talk in it, I
will add a couple of quick details. There were 48 guests, including Chief Minister Dr.
Orlando Smith and his wife Lorna, Charles Tobias (owner of the Pusser's empire) and his
wife Joanna, Davide's mother and father from Italy, TTOL'ers Mike ("chef_mike")
and Val ("islandgirl123"), and many many others.
The surprise was absolutely total. Davide thought that the Rotary Club was having a big
dinner at Brandywine Bay last night. He had no clue that he was preparing his own birthday
party dinner!
I spoke to Dr. Orlando Smith about TTOL -- he's a fan, and Lorna really is a fan. It is
probably not cool for heads of state to post on the internet, however....
I took over 150 photos last night, and will write a detailed journal of the entire trip
when we get back home Monday. (This is just a weekend trip!)
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Hi Walker
I do not mean to get into a war of words with you or anyone else on this board. While, I
am sure we all respect your contributions to this board re navigational help, great photos
of the BVI etc., etc. I do really believe that wishing a Happy Birthday to a BVI business
man whether it be a restauranter, booze baron or a Chief Minister does not belong on a
traveltalk section. A section devoted to this type of communiction is known as People
Talk. If you wish to send me birthday greetings, as I was also in business in the BVI, you
may do so, but please don't do it on this board.
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Buenos Noches Mi Amigo! When you travel over to Davide (a couple of
steps or so) please give him a big birthday hug for me I'm sure he won't mind. (tell him
it's from Lupe) I
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Best wishes to Davide; he has some terrific friends
Happy Birthday as you start the second 50!
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Congratulations to Cele for pulling off such a wonderful surprise for
Davide, aka "the booze baron". LOL Sounds like fun was had by all. Look forward
to your tales and photos. Thanks for the report!
Susan
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BillC,
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Happy Birthday Davide....
A little late since I am In France and did not catch the thread right away.....
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99% of the people who have contributed to this section appears to me to
be from countries other than the BVI. People who have a love for the Islands and its
people and strong friendships made whilst visiting this wonderful place.
Travellers for the first time to the BVI can only be encouraged at seeing so many people
from around the world contribute in wishing the BVI resident or residents a Happy
Birthday.
It really is a great place to visit, or live so come on out on vacation, and your assured
of a warm welcome and maybe like some of the members on here life long friends.
Now I am confused, does this post go in BVI people talk (I live on the Island) or do I
just slip it in this section. Oh well to late put it in this section now :duh
Island Girl ...........Val
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Back to the topic...
Walker - great work! And Davide, a big kiss from Christine and a large toast of Strega
from me. Can't wait until I turn 50 in another 20 or so years.
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Jeff Carlin
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Jeff,
What ever your real age may be it is difficult for me to believe you be will be adding
many years to it if you frequently enjoy "a large toast of Strega". IMHO that is some seriously scary stuff.
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Happy B-day Davide, now can we close this or move it to the talk
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Steve
I'm 8 years older than our favorite restauranteur...but with all the Strega (and
Booker's), I look like 90.
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Jeff,
I've been thinking - maybe I've got it wrong. Strega just might be = embalming fluid.
Might be if you'd started Strega at 16 you'd still exhibit the blush of youth.
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Happy Birthday Davide
I'll give you a "special present" next time I'm down
Carol xoxoxo
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Davide...You're just getting started! Noting to do now but improve! WE
will be there celebrating our 31st wedding anniversay on Feb 16th. I know you will still
look "younger than Spring time" All the best to you on your 50th!
"Wrinkles only go where the smiles have been" JB
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Back at home -- and off to Chicago early in the morning. I hand-wrote a
journal that I will try to transcribe and post sometime over the next week.
Photos (246 of them...) are posted at http://www.nwmangum.com/Davide50/index.html.
I have not had time yet to add any captions to the pictures.
Davide, as he walked into the restaurant Friday night....
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Walker..you lucky dog..looks like a wonderful time with loads of our
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Great pics Walker! Looks like you all had a wonderful time. I haven't
met Davide yet, but we hope to get to BW during our upcomming trip in May. In honor of his
50th birthday, I just wanted to do my part to get this thread to 50 replies!
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Great Pictures Walker.
Looks like a good time was had by all!!
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And I have 7 years on Jeff.!!! I chalk it up to really good vodkas and
the highest quality olives I can find
Sorry I've been so "quiet" lately but it's been a helluva 4+
days. Saturday I was out for 10 hours with some people from out of town.. same thing
Sunday in the cold sloppy rain. Then came the freezing rain and subsequent ice storm
Sunday night.
If any of you are familiar with this part of Georgia, you know we have a zillion tall
spindly pines everywhere. They get to 60' to 80' in a few years with just a clump of green
on top.. PERFECT to collect a nice big ice ball supported by a trunk less than 10 inches
in diameter. You get the picture now. Yep.. they snap off with a loud crack and take the
power lines with them. Ours went off around 8am Monday morning. In all, about 200,000
people lost power and some still hasn't been restored as last night. We got our back at
3:00am yesterday morning but many businesses and homes are still without. Crews are here
from adjacent states and I saw five crews yesterday from Alabama Power. Trees are still
down everywhere and it's a mess. Welcome to the SUNNY SOUTH!
I'm impressed Walker.. you did it well. And again.. Happy Birthday Davide. I'll do it
again in person when we see you May 3. Reservations for 6 at 8:00 p.m.! No Grappa for my
or the crew.. we have to sail the next day .. and a checkout.
Just wish some of my good friends were also going to be there in May but so far only
Sailorick is on the calendar. But, we'll have two of the finest cats in the BVI during
that time, Jeannius and AristoCat II.
I'm also glad to learn that Dr. Orlando Smith and his wife Lorna are TTOL fans and keep up
with our ramblings. Greetings to you both from Augusta, GA, and I hope we get to meet
someday.
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Bill Hartzman - Augusta, GA
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Hey Bill, dont count me out ! I (or we wife Candace and I) may be down
then depending how far along the remodel has got and , if we are, count us in for
Brandywine..it's the best send off from the island ( we'll let you know closer to the
date). And I also chatted with Dr Smith about TTOL and he told me they check it regularly
so our voice is being heard ( read) by the top brass and believe me this is a man who
belives in hearing everybody's opinion..stay away from the big falling ice and think about
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Looks like you had a ball! Thanks for the pics, Walker.
Looking at all that sun, sea and fun, just after I dug myself out of a snowdrift in the
driveway..................................
But then, this is Canada, it winter, so what do you expect, right?
It looks like Davide was Surprised!
Hope all had as great a time as the pictures seem to suggest.
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With great pleasure, here's the 50th and final post in this thread (I
guess that doesn't sound right, but you know what I mean).
Happy birthday, young man, from all your friends here at TTOL. Many, many more great days
ahead!
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Best,
Jeff Carlin
Bloomington, IN
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